On Base Percentage : 1920 National League Top 25

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"I don't think I stayed for a complete game that first year (in Arizona). But something happened. During the second year, I started watching more intently, listening to the broadcasters talk about strategy. I started getting it. Suddenly, a 162-game season didn't seem ridiculously long anymore." - Richard Ruelas in The Arizona Republic (11-07-2001)
 

1920 On Base Percentage Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rogers Hornsby .431 (.43098) St. Louis Cardinals 1
Ross Youngs .427 (.42705) New York Giants 2
Edd Roush .386 (.38622) Cincinnati Reds 3
Zack Wheat .385 (.38462) Brooklyn Robins 4
Heinie Groh .375 (.37540) Cincinnati Reds 5
Max Flack .373 (.37306) Chicago Cubs 6
Jack Fournier .370 (.36986) St. Louis Cardinals 7
Max Carey .369 (.36929) Pittsburgh Pirates 8
Dode Paskert .366 (.36643) Chicago Cubs 9
George Burns .365 (.36530) New York Giants 10
Cy Williams .364 (.36422) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Jake Daubert .362 (.36153) Cincinnati Reds 12
Milt Stock .360 (.36029) St. Louis Cardinals 13
Casey Stengel .356 (.35583) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Dave Robertson .353 (.35305) Chicago Cubs 15
Ed Konetchy .352 (.35217) Brooklyn Robins 16
Larry Doyle .352 (.35192) New York Giants 17
Pete Kilduff .351 (.35075) Brooklyn Robins 18
Pat Duncan .350 (.35040) Cincinnati Reds 19
Irish Meusel .349 (.34909) Philadelphia Phillies 20
Billy Southworth .348 (.34833) Pittsburgh Pirates 21
Dave Bancroft .346 (.34551) Philadelphia Phillies 22
New York Giants  
Hy Myers .345 (.34466) Brooklyn Robins 23
Zeb Terry .341 (.34133) Chicago Cubs 24
Les Mann .341 (.34120) Boston Braves 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

Jose Cruz of the Houston Astros had his number twenty-five retired on October 3, 1992, and became the first Major League player with that particular retired number.